He throws her around like a rag doll but places her down like a glass vase

They dont respect gravity... Gravity respects them.

Her knowing this might be her last chance for Olympic gold, and him knowing he’s half responsible for that and his own drive to win. Movie plot in the making truly

I have never in my life been so proud of two complete strangers. Seeing his relief after they finished still makes me cry even more then the breathtaking choreography. She is an absolute queen and star of her art! So is he. But it's clear how nervous he must have been, how thankful he is to her, how proud she is of him and how much this means to him. Everything technical and even their incredible skill aside: Seeing this personal connection and reaction is so touching to me. You both did great! I am so proud of you!

This is where you have to admit that you lost not because you weren't good enough but because they were too good

He literally picks her up like she’s a toothpick. Effortlessly.

4 years ago, and I STILL remember this. It was the most beautiful performance I have ever seen!

This literally made me cry. I can’t even imagine the total hours of blood, sweat, and tears that went into this performance. Possibly the most deserved gold medal in Olympic history.

Jesus Christ he really just threw her into the stratosphere

I can’t believe people can actually do this, it’s so beautiful

I literally cried while watching this it's so wholesome to see two people with SO MUCH TRUST and skills. Indeed a BEAUTIFUL sport 💗

This is THE BEST all time pairs free skate I have ever seen. They have so many unique elements, and that final lift sequence where somehow it looks like he is not even holding her, and the crowd gasps at something like that they have never seen before...unless of course, you saw them performing this program in the Grand Prix and other events. It's just stunning. Extremely well deserved. And all the other pairs programs years later pale in comparison.

Imagine how proud they are of each other and themselves

I only have 4 moods: The dramatic witch Energetic and Happy one Sad lonely one *Watching Random Olympic games at 3 AM*

It is a performance for the books. If there is an Olympic Hall of Fame, Aliona should be one of the first inductees, and not just for her gold medal. She is an Olympic legend.

Best routine EVER, seamless, flawless, exquisitively choreographed. Hypnotic music, sheer perfection. Absolutely mind-blowing! This is exactly what pair skating is all about. Just try to figure out what it must have meant to Aliona... Never have I been so proud of two complete strangers!

Everyone talking about how he threw her effortlessly but nobody is talking about the way she lands perfectly. Every. Goddamn. Time.

He throws her so easily. My soul would've left my body if someone threw me like that and expected me to land. 😂

If there is a routine to describe Paired Ice Skating this is it . This routine was absolutely flawless , no other word can describe it . Everything was perfection . Starting with the music , the wardrobe which suits exceptionally with the PyeongChang decor , the mid celebration when she realised she landed one of the hardest jumps in history … I watch this every year , I am 23 and I still cry like a child when I see it .There is no other gold medal in Olympic Games more well deserved then this one . Sheer perfection.

Honestly, I come back to this performance every couple of months, it truly never ceases to amaze

You gotta have a lot of trust in your partner if u gonna let them yeet you across solid ice like that

I love how they just literally lay down on the ice afterwards.

Will always remember this … my wife and I were there to watch it live, and this performance was incomparable. I had no idea it was a world record score till watching it just now! Feel very honored to have been there to see it.

I have no words for this. It wasn t just figure skating at Olympics ,it was the purest form of art

Her control and his strength literally make her look weightless on their lifts😳

Is it just me or Bruno looks like a prince from Disney movies? Edit: Whenever i start to not believe in love i come back and watch this video. Cheers🥂

I have NEVER seen a more marvelous pair of skaters. And he honors her at the end, just before they leave the ice. With that kind of love, their future is assured!

Я русская, болела понятно за своих - но в тот момент рыдала вместе с Аленой. Абсолютно заслуженная победа и чистейшее олимпийское золото!

I'm so mesmerized with the physics behind this, can't believe people could actually do this.

Winning an Olympic gold medal at your fifth Games, with your third partner, after two disappointing bronzes, at age 34, despite being in 4th after the short program. Legends only 💪

omg I have never cried watching couples skates this was absolutely breath taken WOW

What is so amazing about this program is that the front part of the program is loaded with the risk elements. They did all their hard stuff by 1:45 but still had the rest of the program to sell, and sell they did. Brilliant choreography and element placement to the crescendos of the music. In my opinion the greatest Olympic pairs freeskate of all time.

Am I the only one obsessed with this video? Like I've been rewatching this for the past year

This is still the most unreal routine I've ever watched. I come back all the time.

Emotional performance from beginning to end that got the crowd so involved. My favorite moment was their team at 4:06 kinda doing the choreo moves and gestures along with them, honestly it got me choked up. It sums up all the joint effort by all of them, seeing their support and excitement, it was their victory too. What a beautiful gold worthy moment 💞👏🥇

Years after the performance, this is still the most beautiful and spellbinding sporting achievement I have ever seen.

If that were me, and I was thrown like that, I'd do the most perfect, most elegant, special and spectacular free styled belly flop anyone would ever see. I'd call it the "helpless seal".

It’s underrated how dangerous this sport can be.

It’s the way they synchronize together. Like they control every aspect of each other. Perfect and passionate. Watching move together, flawlessly

Winning an Olympic gold medal at your fifth Games, with your third partner, after two disappointing bronzes, at age 34, despite being in 4th after the short program. Legends only

The amount of times I've watched this performance is unhealthy

Just imagine having to exert all that energy just to have the woman's smaller body frame to be synchronized with the speed of the man's much larger physicality. The centers of gravity are different. That's why pairs is so awesome.

That was the most graceful beautiful skating I have ever seen.

Goodness me this was the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen. How is this even humanly possible? All this emotion and dedication and soul and of course their physical abilities. This was the perfect performance. Pace, tempo, skills, music, but most of all elegant dancing and the emotion. Just so so so beautiful. Two beautiful souls expressing themselves to the world in the most magical way. Thank you.

this woman. her fifth Olympics. she deserved this gold medal like no one else.

No wonder this won Gold. They literally gave me goosebumps. Wow just wow.

This is so moving, I love it. Their performance made me fall in love with ice skating.

Я постоянно возвращаюсь сюда и пересматриваю это волшебство. Для меня это не спорт, а настоящее искусство. Так затронуть душу своим выступлением! У меня каждый раз слезы под конец. Они просто невероятны!

They didn’t make any mistakes, not one, this was perfect

no ones talking about how pretty her outfit is

Breathtaking and I'm so emotional watching this... Goosebumps... Elegance, grace, strength, choreography, the music. You don't want to blink the eyes, you may miss a step, it's so wonderful to watch...

I come back to watch this every few months. The beauty of this performance is unmatched.

He makes her look like she weighs nothing

and she did that with FREAKING HOOP EARRINGS

He dances beautifully!! Im so amazed! His strength, poise, grace, stunning. And the judges in the back dancing with them

I love watching this since I was a little girl. The way they move on the ice like they are flying! And the costumes are beautiful. Always was mesmerazed and wanted to make them

it’s unhealthy how many times I’ve watched this

Their size difference makes their synchronisation so much more impressive

My most favorite performance of all time! Absolutely incredible. I tear up every time I watch it.

сколько лет прошло, и где же я? снова здесь, в ночи пересматриваю программу со слезами на глазах, восхищаясь этими ребятами

She is now pregnant having a child, but she already dismissed her retirement! Her ambitions are just endless!

i know nothing about figure skating but i just cried watching this

This was one of those performances that makes the Olympics such a powerful display of human potential. The artistry and athleticism portrayed in this routine still blows me away to this day. One of the greatest pairs skating performances ever.

This is my favourite program in pairs ever! Just breathtaking 🎇💐😊❤️

France : Has 71.59 points Germany : Allow us to introduce ourselves

After hearing the "experts" talking about Aljona in such a patronizing way early on in these Olympics (Like, "Aw look, she's over 30 and won't stop trying, isn't that cute?"), I found myself rooting with all my heart for this pair come through with something brilliant. And this was not only the most breathtaking pairs performance I can ever remember witnessing, it was BY FAR the most satisfying win!

Йде 2022, вже пройшли і наступні ОІ , але до цієї програми і до цієї Олімпіади повертаєшся постійно , покриваєшся мурахами, та переживаєш знову і знову ті емоції від перемоги Альони і Бруно. Вона легенда, він великий молодець, разом вони допомогли друг друга стати ОЧ. Неймовірні 💙💛🌪️💪

The depth of her kneebend is absolutely one the most technically and visually pleasing things I have ever seen in figure skating. Breathtaking

They make people forget for a few minutes that we are on Earth with it's massive gravity, it's physics laws and everything that can wreck havoc if things went a little unbalanced. They were almost weightless and flying in there.

This scene is more romantic than Titanic

The fact that their outfit match with the venue color was beautiful 💜💙

this is beautiful,literally art…the dance and choreography,the talent,the chemistry,the outfits..etc everything was perfect! this was literally the best ice skating duo i have ever seen

every single throw, my anxiety: 📈📉

They got the highest marks ever, broke every record in the history of figure skating and deserved it. The technical merit was extremely high, the artistic performance breathtaking, the grace of Aljona magic and the synchronicity astounding. A magic moment with the well deserved gold medal.

Es wird immer jemand geben der höher, schneller und weiter springt aber niemals wieder wird mich eine Kür so berühren wie diese. Einfach Perfektion!

КАКИЕ МОЛОДЦЫ👍КРУТО!!! КРАСАВЧИКИ ОБА👍КРАСИВОЕ КАТАНИЕ,ШИКАРНЫЕ ЭЛЕМЕНТЫ,ВЕЛИКОЛЕПНЫЕ ПОДДЕРЖКИ,МУЗЫКА ДО МУРАШЕК!!!ЭТО ЛУЧШЕЕ ВЫСТУПЛЕНИЕ В ИСТОРИИ ПАРНОГО КАТАНИЯ!!!АЛЁНА И БРУНО ВЫ ВОЛШЕБНЫЕ И ЭЛЕГАНТНЫЕ,СМОТРЕТЬ НА ВАС ОДНО УДОВОЛЬСТВИЕ!!!БРАВО!!!ТРЕНЕРЫ ПЕРЕЖИВАЮТ И ТАНЦУЮТ ВМЕСТЕ С НИМИ!!! К КОНЦУ ПРОГРАММЫ КОМ В ГОРЛЕ И ДО СЛЁЗ!!! ЗАСЛУЖЕННЫЕ ОЛИМПИЙСКИЕ ЧЕМПИОНЫ!!!

I can’t even walk in heels🤔

I can't imagine how many times they fell on the training ground to have such a great performance. Humans are amazing.

Their opening pose alone shows such artistry. They have the musicality of the best ballet dancers.

I love the moment when he said to her - "we did it". This program was fabulous!

When they appeared on the ice, it was a hopeless case. They needed a miracle to win the gold medal and what happens here is really breathtaking. A flawless performance with the highest notes ever given in the history of pairs free skating. It was so well-deserved.

They didn't deserve the Gold medal, the Gold medal deserves them.

not a day passes by without me believing this is the best and biggest gift this beautiful pair could’ve have given to figure skating, this is absolutely peak, holding tears while watching this program is challenging, our challenge. their tribute to the sport needs to be celebrated everyday, forever grateful to aljona and bruno and their team for creating this timeless and eternal beauty 💜

It's the most beautiful performance I've ever seen in my life, I always look at it again. They glide on the ice, I love Bruno's strength and at the same time the delicacy of his gestures, Aljona is impressive, she floats. They are amazing!!!

I love how they both just collapse after they’re done. Like Jfc thats over. The amount of control and practice they must’ve gone through to put out such a performance.

It‘s criminal that youtube do adds between this performance.

This is the greatest pairs free skating program ever, and it will always be my favorite, I said immediately as I watched it. I have seen a lot of pairs free skating programs throughout the years, but I always have a very special place in my heart for this pair. I believe that the movement and music to be so synchronized that it makes me feel really emotional watching it.The music feels as if it was specially composed for Aljona and Bruno's Olympic final program. The music contains every emotion as it has peaceful, exciting, passionate, sad and strong melodies. In short, it is magnificent... I am sure this excites even those who watch it for the first time. They had been deserving of the gold medal at all times. I would like to thank everyone who contributed to this program. All that remains for ice skating enthusiasts like us is to honor and these magnificent programs with respect.💜💜

The artistry, the jumps, the technique... This is the best pair I ever watch. Pyeongchang really has some of the best figure skating moments.

GRAVITY HAS LEFT THE CHAT

wow that was soo beautiful... and he's just picking her up as if she's paper

The one million times I came back

the choreography has so much hidden story in it and the music goes so well with it and they danced it so amazingly...

It's these times that I just feel honored to be a human. To see what beautiful things we can create...

I don’t understand anything of ice skating, but this, this was one of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen in my life. Stunning, breathtaking, wow

При всей моей любви к нашим спортсменам, это моё любимое выступление в истории парного катания! Какая лёгкость, артистизм и самые красивые поддержки! И если я не ошибаюсь это была 4-я олимпиада для Алёны! Она всю жизнь шла к своей цели! И победила! Татьяна Тарасова когда встретила Алёну после этого выступления рыдала. Вы когда нибудь видели чтобы она плакала? А какие они красивые! Это не просто химия, а отношения мужчины и женщины парящих в космосе! Пересматриваю как минимум раз в год и заряжаюсь их космической энергией!

These performances in 2018 were incredible

Why can't I get rid of the feeling that this is one of the most brutal sports on earth? I don't want to know how often they fall really hard and have to get back up again.

The fact that they remembered this entire routine shows how good their memory is

Skating is one of the few events where people don’t care who you’re competing for, they just appreciate a great performance regardless of where the competitors are from.

IMMER NOCH DAS SCHÖNSTE WAS ICH IM EISKUNSTLAUF GESEHEN HABE!!! RÜHRT MICH JEDES MAL ERNEUT ZU TRÄNEN!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤